Nick and “Skip” Hammons in the dugout together at a game last year. Skip retired last year after 25 years as head coach, but still can be found at the games as Nick coaches. An event honoring Skip’s career will be April 27 at 4 p.m. at the baseball field at Snohomish High.

By DOUG RAMSAY, contributing writer
Published April 25, 2018

SNOHOMISH — The Panthers’ new head coach Nick Hammons has his dad Skip rooting for him. More on this story...

By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published April 25, 2018

MONROE — City of Monroe leaders are looking to buy the East Monroe property—- and they want to utilize state and county grants to pay for it. Buying it would be a protracted process, but if it is accomplished it may conclude a 14-year saga over farmland.

Snohomish Fire recruit Doug Higbee prepares to access the inside fire scenario at a fire training program on Monday, April 16 at the Ray Brown Training Center in Machias. The purpose was to evaluate the inside and outside conditions of a mock hallway caught on fire, simulating what recruits might see in the field later on.

By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published April 25, 2018

SNOHOMISH — Snohomish Fire's sole recruit going through training right now explains the intensity and camaraderie that goes into it. More on this story...

By JOSEPH THOMPSON, contributing writer
Published April 18, 2018

EVERETT — The Delta Neighborhood Association last month sent a letter to state and federal elected officials calling on them to increase funding for the state Department of Ecology to aid arsenic and lead cleanups in the neighborhood.
The cleanups have largely stopped because funding ran dry.

By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published April 11, 2018

EVERETT — The volunteer planning commission recommends letting five more marijuana shops open in the city, and reducing buffers around shops. The City Council will have the final say in the coming weeks.

By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published April 4, 2018

Building bikes for kids

Doug Ramsay photo

Josh Pfister, shop manager at Sharing Wheels Community Bike Shop, moves the handlebars of a bicycle to check for alignment as he and several volunteers were working to repair children’s bikes for the shops’ 16th annual Kids Bike Swap to be held on June 10. Additional volunteers are needed with work parties every Thursday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. through June 7 as well as Sunday, April 15 from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information on volunteering at the shop located at 2531 Broadway in Everett, or regarding the Kids Bike Swap, call 425-252-6952 or visit www.sharingwheels.org